Oreocnide pedunculata | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Rosales |
Family: | Urticaceae |
Genus: | Oreocnide |
Species: | O. pedunculata
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Binomial name | |
Oreocnide pedunculata | |
Synonyms [2] | |
Villebrunea pedunculata Shirai |
Oreocnide pedunculata, the purple woodnettle or longpedicel woodnettle, is a species of flowering plant in the family Urticaceae, native to south-central and southern Japan, the Ryukyu Islands, and Taiwan. [2] [3] A shrub or small tree 2 to 5 m (7 to 16 ft) tall, it is found growing in valleys and forest edges at elevations from 100 to 1,200 m (300 to 3,900 ft). [4] Its leaves are an important food item for Formosan rock macaques ( Macaca cyclopis) and Japanese macaques ( Macaca fuscata). [5] [6]
Oreocnide pedunculata | |
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Leaves | |
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Habit | |
Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Rosales |
Family: | Urticaceae |
Genus: | Oreocnide |
Species: | O. pedunculata
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Binomial name | |
Oreocnide pedunculata | |
Synonyms [2] | |
Villebrunea pedunculata Shirai |
Oreocnide pedunculata, the purple woodnettle or longpedicel woodnettle, is a species of flowering plant in the family Urticaceae, native to south-central and southern Japan, the Ryukyu Islands, and Taiwan. [2] [3] A shrub or small tree 2 to 5 m (7 to 16 ft) tall, it is found growing in valleys and forest edges at elevations from 100 to 1,200 m (300 to 3,900 ft). [4] Its leaves are an important food item for Formosan rock macaques ( Macaca cyclopis) and Japanese macaques ( Macaca fuscata). [5] [6]